Australia has voted, and the winner is....

This year, the Australian public vote differed significantly from the European vote. All weekend there were huge Eurovision parties in Melbourne, Sydney and the other major Australian cities.

Although Australia cannot vote in the actual Eurovision Song Contest, each year the public do televote to decide their winner and in 2011 there are some surprise results :-

Ireland 8350

Greece 7120

Serbia 4429

Bosnia & Herzegovina 4150

Moldova 3397

Hungary 2862

Sweden 2521

Denmark 2097

United Kingdom 1339

Ukraine 1338

Finland 1308

Romania 1205

Iceland 1061

Russia 982

Italy 935

Germany 922

Estonia 820

Slovenia 757

France 576

Austria 483

Georgia 473

Spain 456

Switzerland 356

Lithuania 262

Azerbaijan 245

So, Europe's winner is Australia's least favourite song of all. Other marked differences in the voting patterns see the actual runner up Italy only in 15th place and Serbia faring much better with the Australian public than the European.

Ultimately, the Australian public decided that Jedward from Ireland was their favourite entry with a clear distance between first and second place.